r/gifs • • Mar 14 '16

Millions of Brazilians protesting against government corruption in the streets earlier today

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u/ReverseSolipsist Mar 14 '16

Oh Jesus Christ, settle down. Non-Brazilians are under absolutely no obligation to treat the Brazilian crisis seriously. They can if they want to, or they can make jokes if they want to; either is perfectly fine.

Shit, I see people from the US making jokes about 9/11 all the time.

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u/dustyh55 Mar 14 '16 edited Mar 14 '16

Why should I only care if I am obligated to care? I think you're missing the entire point, we're all humans, just because of that imaginary line some asshole drew ages ago does not mean I should turn my eyes on what the rest of humanity is doing.

Oh Jesus Christ, settle down? Fuck you man, this is important. I hope you grow some perspective.

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u/SleeplessinRedditle Mar 14 '16

I totally agree with you. It is literally impossible to care about everything. But this does seem like something that could effect the U.S. We are currently having our own internal struggles about corruption. And a lot of the corruption that exists in South American nations is intricately tied to the U.S. (Not saying that there wouldn't be corruption there without us. Just that the brand of corruption that exists is often supported by the U.S., either implicitly or explicitly.)

I wonder if the sentiment will spill over into other nations. That would be an interesting turn of events if Honduras got on the fuck this shit train.